Qualifying races

Qualifying races - Regulations

A qualifying race is a race which allows, according to its difficulty, the acquisition of between 1 and 6 qualification points.

Only trail races can be qualifying races. For the definition of a trail race: click here.

Road races, triathlons, multi-sport races and orienteering races are not subjects of qualifying races for the UTMB®.

The evaluation of the races, and therefore the distribution of points, is managed by the ITRA (International Trail Running Association). The UTMB®, on the basis of the number of points attributed by the ITRA, however are alone in judging whether a race presents all the criteria to be a qualifying race, to register it on the list and to award the organiser with the corresponding logo.

Number of points necessary for the 2019 registration

Each race included in this list has been attributed with from 1 to 6 points. In order to register, it is necessary to have gained the required number of points by finishing, between 01/01/2017 and 31/12/2018 exclusively (*), any of the races included in this list:

To register for the UTMB®, it is necessary to have a minimum of 15 points from a maximum of 3 races.

To register for the CCC®, it is necessary to have a minimum of 8 points in 1 or 2 races.

To register for the TDS®, it is necessary to have a minimum of 8 points in 1 or 2 races.

To register for the OCC, it is necessary to have a minimum of 6 points in 1 or 2 races.

(*) 2016 finishers of the UTMB® races may equally use these races as qualifying races.

If you have abandoned during a race, there is no way that this race can be taken in to account.

It will not be possible to register for the 2019 UTMB®, CCC®, TDS® or OCC by making reference to a race not included in this list.

The only qualifying list, available for consultation is on our web-site, is valid. The Organisation is not responsible for inaccurate, obsolete or untruthful information supplied by people foreign to the Organisation.

The Organisation equally is not responsible in the case of the absence of a race in the list of qualifying races. It is up to each organiser, who so wishes, to request accreditation as a qualifying race for the UTMB®. Runners who would like a race to be a qualifying race for the UTMB® must make the request with the organisers of that race.

Controlling qualifying races

All the qualifying races used by runners to finalise their registration are verified, against the official race results.The Organisation takes in to account each individual’s result (relay or team event included).

The runner must be sure that they appear in the official results for the stated race, and that their first and surnames have the correct spelling.

In the case of an inexact declaration of qualifying races, not conforming to the regulations or untrue, the organisation reserves the right to cancel the registration without refunding fees paid and to remove their advantage for the following year (co-efficient 2 or priority) in the case of a negative draw.

Our engagement as organiser is to apply this regulation in a rigorous and identical manner for, without exception, ALL runners and therefore we do not accept any requests for exceptions to this rule.

Calculating my number of points

This unit helps you to calculate the number of points that you have accumulated in 2017 and 2018, valid for the 2019 registration.The list of your races is not necessarily exhaustive, because it is based uniquely on the information available to us.

If a race in which you have competed in 2017 / 2018 is not included, there are several possible reasons :

It is not a qualifying race (can check on our list of qualifying races here)In which case we suggest that you contact the race organiser and ask if they have requested to have their race added to the list.

The organiser has not submitted their results to the ITRA, the automatic recognition can not therefore happenIn this case, we suggest that you contact the race organiser and ask if the submission of results is underway.

There is an abnormality in your ITRA runner's page (doubling, result attributed to the wrong person etc.)In this case, we suggest that you go to your ITRA account (free) to resolve the problem.